HyperDic: ornate

English > 1 sense of the word *ornate*:
ADJECTIVE	all	ornate, flowery	marked by elaborate rhetoric and elaborated with decorative details

ornate > pronunciation
Sounds	aorney't
Rhymes	abate ... welterweight: 559 rhymes with eyt...

English > *ornate*: 1 sense > adjective 1
Meaning	marked by elaborate rhetoric and elaborated with decorative details.
Example	"ornate rhetoric taught out of the rule of Plato"-John Milton
Synonym	flowery
Broader	rhetorical	Given to rhetoric, emphasizing style at the expense of thought
Nouns	ornateness	high-flown style